Members Kevin T Posted February 4, 2013 Members Share Posted February 4, 2013 What tributes work or fail? What acts have no tribute bands yet but are good targets for one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevin T Posted February 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2013 Oooops thats Tribute :-) What about a Neil Young act?Just saw a fabulous Steely Dan one. Royal Scam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted February 4, 2013 Members Share Posted February 4, 2013 If its done well and the original artist/band has a big enough following there are MANY that can work. Ones that fail IMO are ones that don't look/sound the part or ones that are tributes to an obscure band... For example I doubt a Britny Fox tribute band will be packing them in right now. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted February 5, 2013 Members Share Posted February 5, 2013 You have to Rock and Roll all night, and part of every day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mutha Goose Posted February 5, 2013 Members Share Posted February 5, 2013 Kiss? Its been done and over done.... plus its Kiss. Might as well do the drag Cher too while you're at it :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted February 5, 2013 Members Share Posted February 5, 2013 I remember seeing a tribute band in a casino a few years back. It was a tribute to The Cars for one set and then a tribute to Tom Petty for the next. Presumably because the singer/guitarist had a face that somewhat resembled both Petty and Ocasek and, when wearing the right wig, he could pass for either at a distance. His vocal impressions were decent, but the whole thing could have been so much more. The backing band wore the same non-costumes for both sets. Had they dressed more appropriately for each act, and made a better attempt at nailing the music, rather than just sounding like a typical cover band, it could have been really good. Instead, it was a major "meh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr3lions Posted February 5, 2013 Members Share Posted February 5, 2013 There's a reason it's been done a lot. However i will concede it dosent help the op as he asked for new ideas. I will blame my poor reading skills on the new layout of the page. I figure I can get a few more weeks out this excuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted February 17, 2013 Members Share Posted February 17, 2013 There's no marketing advantage to being "we're edging close to being a tribute band". Not sure you can even fit that on a flyer. The OP is asking about tribute bands because he's looking for a marketing edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIMKEYS Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 guido61 wrote: There's no marketing advantage to being "we're edging close to being a tribute band". Not sure you can even fit that on a flyer. The OP is asking about tribute bands because he's looking for a marketing edge. What i said was ,, its good if you can carve out a nitch in the market and not be just like everyone else. Its very hard to come up with a lineup for a really good tribute band. You have to get people who play really well and also look like the band members and sound like them . Its hard enough just to find like minded people to field a first rate tribute band. we are pretty much the only band that you can go see 7 nights in a row and not have to listen to the same material night after night. Thats important when you are in competition with all the other bands on a little island. We also play stuff that no one else plays. A night with us is a night of good music and also a tutorial of texas songwriters and bands. Texas is very fortunate to have such a rich hearitage of singer songwriters and bands. We have a great time turning people on to their stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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